Where can you build a new Dodger Stadium without environmental studies, adjacent to region-wide transportation (eliminating the isolation of Chavez Ravine and the need for driving), continue downtown LA's revitalization with a major sports facility at it's north end, and right some of the wrongs of the past?
Welcome to the Alameda District Plan, a specific plan calling for a sports arena next to Union Station. Adopted in 1996 it is still valid but largely ignored. The sports arena is numbered "11" on the map but it can be located anywhere in this area.
Place the baseball diamond anywhere in the specific plan area.
The new owners of the Dodgers can use Chavez Ravine to return some of the parkland that was swallowed up for the stadium, provide affordable housing and make up for evictions used in the original construction, and in-return recoup their investment by creating dense market-rate housing in a centrally located in-fill location that is surrounded by a park and in a hot and trendy area.
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